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Examples of logbooks from commercial fisherman Captain Bill Blount, recently donated to the NB Fishing Heritage Center's archival collection.

What’s in your logbook? New Bedford wants to preserve fishing history

Fishermen, scientists, and conservation groups are working together to improve real-time whale monitoring off California, aiming to reduce entanglement risk while keeping the Dungeness crab fishery on the water. Photo courtesy of CDFW

New partnership aims to keep crab boats fishing

Luke’s Lobster will host an Oct. 27 fundraiser to support Lift All Boats students and send them to the National Future Fishermen Summit at the Pacific Marine Expo. Photo courtesy of Lift All Boats / MCFA

Lift All Boats fundraiser helps young fishermen get to Seattle

Surge up to 18 feet from hurricane Ian washed the San Carlos Island shrimp fleet out of Matanzas Harbor near Fort Myers Beach, Fla.

Fishery disaster aid for Florida, California, Washington tribe

The Port of Everett on Port Gardner Bay at the mouth of the Snohomish River, is the third-largest container port in the state of Washington, behind Tacoma and Seattle. With over 2,300 slips it is also the largest public marina on the West Coast. National

Winter dredging begins at Everett

Southeast Alaska commercial trollers will help researchers track how ocean temperature and depth influence where salmon and other species gather. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Trollers help track what’s driving Southeast Alaska’s catch

More than 2 million invasive European green crabs were captured along Washington State shorelines in 2025-26, with the vast majority removed from Willapa Bay. Photo courtesy of WDFW

Washington green crab captures top 2 million as invasion surges

David Santos is ZF's senior manager and commercial fast craft manager for North America and Central America. ZF photo.

PME exhibitor preview: ZF Marine

Yelloweye rockfish will return to Oregon docks in 2027 after a 25-year closure, marking a milestone for fishermen in Port Orford and along the Oregon coast.

Oregon yelloweye rockfish fishery to reopen after 25-year closure

Outer Banks fisherman and industry advocate Dewey Hemilright dies at 59. Photo courtesy of Kip Tabb / Coastal Review

Outer Banks fisherman and industry advocate dies at 59